The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
1:32 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 668
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 68.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 25m / 9.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.25° / 0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.16° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.